Amsterdam - another destination of Muna's Cool Tours – a city of the Avant-garde, culturally vibrant and stylish, full of charm, of nostalgic emotions and beautiful architecture on a human scale, incredibly romantic and waiting to be discovered. One of my favorite cities ... For me, it is best to go there in the spring, in late March, when the crocuses bloom repeatedly throughout the city, or in April, the cultural-friendly month, when admission is free or reduced to many state museums. But it is best is to go there in conjunction with the Koninginnedag: on April 30 Amsterdam turns into a huge flea market on the occasion of the celebrations for Queen Beatrix’s birthday. On that day transportations are banned and thousands of people crowd the streets to celebrate from day to night. Like every year, also this summer there are many trends and beach fashion revivals. Sunglasses and sandals, bathing suits and bags are all details and not just the temperatures that make the summer!

If you happen to be in Amsterdam for a short stay or a weekend, I would recommend staying in the area of Oude Zijde (Old Part); in the center there is the beautiful Oude Kerk, the oldest church in the city, the University District, and the Damstraat lively Red Light District, but also, at one time, feared Waag, the oldest port of Amsterdam, where public executions were held. If you prefer, you can stay in the circle area of central channels, among luxurious and elegant homes on a neighborhood called the Herengracht, the “Gold Elbow”, in the area around Leidseplein, populated by nightlife lovers.

Among the varius place where you can spend the night, I would recommend those where I usually go when I'm there (a suggestion to sleep "from riches to rags") when I can, I stay at the Dylan Hotel Keizersgracht, a delightful boutique hotel - for me the best Amsterdam hotel - located in the heart of the city, in one of the most chic and elegant quarters. When, however, I want to to enjoy Amsterdamin a more smoke-friendly dimension, I go to the Greenhouse Effect Hotel, in De Wallen, which has also a coffee shop. It is one of the few hotels where smoking in the rooms is permitted. The Arabic room is odd, but also full of atmosphere ... In una città come Amsterdam c'è davvero tanto da vedere, tanta bellezza ed armonia di cui riempirsi gli occhi ed il cuore, tanti fermenti e profumi da cui lasciarsi inebriare... magari passeggiando nel mercato dei fiori Bloemenmarkt, sul canale Singel, l'ultimo mercato dei fiori galleggiante della città o nell'Hortus Botanicus lungo i viali fioriti e la serra delle farfalle del Plantage Middenlan.

In a city like Amsterdam there's so much to see, so much beauty and harmony that can fill your eyes and heart, so much fragrance to allure you ... maybe while walking in the flower market on the Singel Canal, the last floating flower market in the city or in the Hortus Botanicus along the flowery paths and the butterfly green house of the Plantage Middenlan.

There are also many fun things to do in Amsterdam! I think it is a place out of the world, a really lovely paradise, no traffic (note: statistics on car accidents report that the Netherlands is the safest country in Europe for pedestrians!). One of the few cities where I would like to live (aside from my own), a place where you can spend pleasant hours just strolling along the canals, wondering around the local coffee shops or the flower markets, discovering the red light district and, why not, doing something crazy (for example, a new piercing - as I did - or a tattoo or an instructive visit to the Hemp and Marjuhana Museum ...).

You can also enjoy coffee in the sun on the sides of the canal at the De Jaren, or if you do not suffer from vertigos, enjoy the view of the attic Flemish Metz and Co. ; you can do some intensive shopping in the very central Dam Square, with a visit to Bijenkorf, the Dutch Saks Fifth Avenue - a shopper's paradise which consists of six floors containing everything that a shopaholic like me would want - or you can choose to get lost in the frenzied succession of shops Leidsestraat or most luxurious boutiques and fashionable on Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat.

You can have a snack at Le Garage, a delightful brasserie on Ruysdaelstraat or enjoy a great sushi at Tokyo Cafe before embarking on boats for a ride along the canals, through the Gold Elbow to discover the most beautiful canals: the unique Leidsegracht and the stylish Keizersgracht and end the day with a couple of drinks at the Beurs van Berlage at Beursplein and maybe a tasty dinner at Ciel Bleu (two Michelin stars) or al fresco resto-bio De Kas or of Theeboom, for excellent French cuisine. Finally, a drink at the trendy lounge Supper Club, on Roelensteeg ... with a visit to its surrealist rest rooms, where there is also a giant porthole that allows you to see through….

A recent long weekend in Madrid was the chance to visit the largest Spanish retrospective on the famous Russian artist so celebrated for their important role in the history of modern art: Marc Chagall.

A revolutionary painter, traveler and explorer, always hovering between expressionist and surrealist tendencies, one of the few able to offer to a war-torn Europe, the right to still believe in the disruptive power of the dream.

Yes, because be a man thus as Julian Schnabel, if you are, it is an attitude ... for an irrepressible predisposition and inclination of mind to be so!

I've always found him an incomparable artist, a versatile and charismatic man, always over the top, charming and also tremendously sexy. I'm not surprised, in fact, that at his side he has always intelligent and beautiful women, like the last ex-wife Olatz Lopez's or as the ex-girlfriend, the director Palestinian, Rula Gebreal, a man for whom - the one senses instantly by looking at his work - painting is like breathing, permeates everything he does, even when writing or making a movie.

Is She, the new muse! Paz de la Huerta, model and actress in New York, appeared on the cover of the New York Times Sunday Magazine in 2003 as one of the 55 faces of the future by in the Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue, model for Zac Posen and Agent Provocateur, the new Queen of Cool, the worthy heir of the queen of cool '70s Jane Birkin, a true style icon ... means anything to you the the Hermés Birkin bag?